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120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week 2007-11-26 19:59:00 120 War Vets
Commit Suicide
Each WeekBy Penny Coleman, AlterNetPosted on November 26, 2007, Printed on November 26, 2007http://www.alternet.org/story/68713/Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.As the widow of a Vietnam vet who killed himself after coming home, and as the author of a book for which I interviewed dozens of other women who had also lost husbands (or sons or fathers) to PTSD and suicide in the aftermath of the war in Vietnam, I am deeply grate
WHY WE FIGHT 2007-11-18 14:27:00 by Timothy KendrickFirst, we fight because we took an oath। Most importantly, we fight for our buddy next to us। Duty, Honor, Country, yes, ultimately it is for each other’s survival।From my experience in dealing with the VA (Veterans Administration) the only people who are going to fight any battles for you with them (and win) is AMVETS or the DAV। Do not attempt to get through the red tape and political bureaucracy of the VA by yourself। Let AMVETS or the DAV do it for you। The best part, it will not cost you a dime!I finally went to see an AMVETS representative, he was gracious, helpful and did almost all of the paperwork for me (hell, I could hardly write my name)। I received my compensation within 6 months। It would have taken the VA 3 or 4 years because of the backlog। The VA has assisted millions of returning veterans and I praise them for what they accomplish with their limited resources and funding।If you were like me, you would keep putting off contactin
Solitude 2007-11-11 19:20:00 This is a subject that is one of perception. Think if you will the last time you actually did not have any distractions from the radio or TV or the telephone and you just set still closed your eyes and let the world come to you. A great philosopher said “don’t do something, just sit and let the world come to you”. After all of these years I realize this person meant to let the world come to my inner self, or as Napoleon Hill puts it “your other self”. Your other self consist of those things and dreams that have been buried inside of you because of all the external input that we allow to come at us on a daily basis. The other self is the dreamer who has goals and a vivid imagination of how his or her future will be. The other self directs the subconscious by the words and physiology that we use to maximize our strengths and minimize our weaknesses. To know that the only limits we have are self imposed by us and our references. Be still and know that the inner voice will Read more:Solitude
P S F 2007-11-04 20:16:00 P S Ffind the Problem; Solve it, and have FunFind the Problem, Solve it, and have Fun. Life is one shot. Dr. Wayne Dyer says, “If you knew who walked beside you every day you would never be afraid again.” Do not ever say, “I’ll laugh at this someday,” why wait laugh at it now. Enjoy the journey, live in the now; look at what you can bring to the table. Receiving is contingent upon your generosity. Give, give, give, and you will receive in return.I once read “Anger is a dubious luxury.” Control your state and your emotions, one outburst of anger can destroy a beautiful day because it will snowball out of control.The best advice I have received is from my brother Greg, he wrote it on the back of his senior picture he gave to me. It simply said, “Don’t walk in my footsteps, walk over them, and make your own path.” I still have that picture and have thought about that inscription over the years. Those were powerful words for an 18 year old to write to his young
Soundtrack That Plays in our Mind 2007-10-31 20:57:00 (excerpt from PTSD)Someone once said that we all have a musical soundtrack that plays in our mind. Where did this come from? My guess is years of programming from everything from commercials to music. Everything we have ever seen or heard is in our brain somewhere. Have you ever wondered why a song is in your head and you cannot seem to get rid of it?My research and questions to people have found that it may pertain to our emotional and psychological state at the time. I wake up and hear a song that may be a “trigger” or an “anchor” to something from my past. Sometimes it is about a girl, other times it will take me to places I do not wish to go.Remembering things and forgetting them constitute two ways that our subconscious protects us. For some reason Veterans like us find ourselves vividly remembering incidents, people, places, and things that may have warped our thinking and judgment. Sometimes this will manifest itself negative ways, we may become isolated, have panic atta Read more:Soundtrack
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Poison in the Heart 2007-10-30 11:17:00 Carrying resentments, guilt, hate, and anger within you, will kill you (but first make you miserable as hell). Since we are a massive ball of energy it is what we choose to do with this energy that is either productive or life threatening.Just the other day I took something personal that was said to me. It was not what was said but how I internalized it that mattered. What did I learn? It is not what goes on outside of you rather what happens inside that matter.My first thought was “you bastard, you could not walk an hour in my shoes” Then my “Grand Central Station” mind started to take over, (also known as EGO). And the snowball effect was on. I wanted to knock the s**t out of them as I would then proceed to justify my actions.I was off the beam and I knew those words and actions could be like a nail in a piece of wood that has been removed. The nail is gone but the hole remains. My thoughts were becoming things. (not nice things either). What I was thinking about I was bring Read more:Poison
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Dancing With God 2007-10-29 20:29:00 Dancing With GodWhen I meditated on the word Guidance,I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.The movement doesn't flow with the music,and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,both bodies begin to flow with the music.One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the backor by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.The dance takes surrender, willingness,and attentiveness from one personand gentle guidance and skill from the other.My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.When I saw "G": I thought of God, followed by "u" and "i"."God, "u" and "i" dance."God, you, and I dance.As I lowered my head, I became willing to trustthat I would get guidance about my life.Once again, I became willing to let God lead.My prayer for you today is that God's blessingsand Read more:Dancing
OEF/OIF Vets Seeking PTSD Care from VA Jumps 70%, Mental Health Counseling Tops 100,000 - PTSD Combat : Winning the War Within 2007-10-19 08:08:00 OEF/OIF VetsSeeking
PTSD Care from VA Jumps 70%, Mental HealthCounseling
Tops 100,000 - PTSD Combat : Winning
the War WithinMore Great Secrets To Live By• We all work with one infinite power• The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA)• Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting• We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think• Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy• People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same• Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation• You attract your dominant thoughts• Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it...etc...• It's not "wishful" thinking.• You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it• Choose your thoughts carefully -- you are a masterpiece of your life• It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into re Read more:Mental Health
Treatment of PTSD: An Assessment of The Evidence 2007-10-18 11:59:00 At the request of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Treatment
of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) undertook a systematic review of the PTSD literature. After nearly 2,800 abstracts were identified, the application of inclusion criteria narrowed the list down to 90 randomized clinical trials, 37 pharmacotherapy studies, and 53 psychotherapy studies. The principal finding of the committee is that the scientific evidence on treatment modalities for PTSD does not reach the level of certainty that would be desired for such a common and serious condition among veterans. Most studies included in the committee’s review were characterized by methodologic limitations, some serious enough to affect confidence in the studies’ results. The committee reached a strong consensus that additional high quality research is essential for every treatment modality. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11955 Read more:Assessment
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Moving from pain to pleasure. 2007-10-03 07:29:00 Moving from pain to pleasure. Our whole life is about moving from pain to pleasure. Pain continues to be leverage for me to this day. Even in my subconscious as a being in this universe it directs me to pleasure. For me, when it hurt bad enough I took massive action to move through it. If the action did not work, I took another route until I found the solution that kept me in a positive emotional state so I could "function". When I would say "I am depressed" or "I am sad" I continued to reaafirm my feelings with these statements. My subconscious mind would say "okay, he's depressed, and he wants to keep it that way" Then I thought about it. I looked at all of my actions in this "depressed state". Jeez, I had to slump over, I had to breathe shallow, I had to do all of these things with my body to stay in that miserable state. So I then began to change my Physiology (the way I moved my body), the way I breathed. I tricked my subconscious by good memory management. I t Read more:Moving
It doesn’t take a lot of light to wipe out darkness 2007-12-04 19:40:00 by Timothy KendrickI read this in a book and I believe it is powerful. Most ideas I have are from books or talking to (successful) people. Creating our own opinions and deciding for ourselves what works in our lives and what does not. Our conscious minds, if we allow can be bombarded with a ton of worthless garbage that does not enhance our personal, spiritual or professional states. Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do”. So if we continually watch, listen to, or participate in the daily dose of “BREAKING NEWS” that “sells” this contaminates our minds. There is nothing wrong about staying informed on what is going on in the world. Keep in mind that News is a business and it must sell. What sells? Tragedy baby!!! Having breaking news about the miracle of the sun rising again today doesn’t cut it. It is taken for granted. Or a new baby being born today meaning to me that this is God’s way of saying he hasn’t given up on the human race just ye Read more:light
Thank you my friend Joe 2007-11-30 18:09:00 Thank you my friend
Joe Current mood: peaceful Category: Life MY BROTHERS now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted at their best; men who suffered and sacrificed, who suffered and were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family and my comrades. Such good men!" Read more:Thank
Data sought on veterans' suicide 2007-12-12 19:39:00 By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer The parents of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide and members of Congress on Wednesday questioned why there's not a comprehensive tracking system of suicide among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.Mike Bowman, of Forreston, Ill., said his son, Spc. Timothy Bowman, 23, is a member of the "unknown fallen" not counted in statistics. His son, a member of the Illinois National Guard, took his own life in 2005 eight months after returning from war. Bowman said he considers his son a "KBA" — killed because of action."If the veteran suicide rate is not classified as an epidemic that needs immediate and drastic attention, then the American fighting soldier needs someone in Washington who thinks it is," Bowman said.Bowman was one of several witnesses who testified before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on the issue.Rep. Bob Filner, the committee chairman, questioned why the comprehensive tracking wasn't already being done."They don't wa
My Wife’s GPS System 2008-03-11 12:20:00 If my wife says turn left, I turn right. Not because I am being cantankerous but because she is very challenged when it comes to directions.For Valentines Day I bought her a GPS
(global positioning satellite system). I know I'm such a romantic. She loved it because she has challenges with traffic everyday driving to her office in Tampa and Sarasota etc.The peace it brings her is amazing. No stress, knowing where you are going and shortcuts to get there.Now this is how our subconscious works. We have a target and know our outcome. What happens? A roadblock, traffic jam, accident or one of many other situations possibly created by our conscious mind appears.Now let's just say this GPS is our subconscious mind, our inner self. The roadblock, construction, or accident ahead is our conscious mi Read more:System
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No title 2008-02-17 19:25:00 Timothy KendrickAs most of you know my passion for finding solutions for post-traumatic stress disorder takes me to many places (in my mind and otherwise).A bulletin I posted earlier is from Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More by Dr. Joe Vitale and Ihaleakala Hew Len, PH.DSelf Identity through Ho`oponopono is about opening doors to greater understanding and deeper awareness of life and one's purpose as an individual incarnated on earth as an inhabitant of humanity.You as a soul are precious. Knowingly and unknowingly you impact all about you through thoughts, words, deeds and actions.Self Identity through Ho`oponopono is a process of letting go of toxic energies within you to allow the impact of Divine thoughts, words, deeds and actions.Ho'oponopono
It doesn't get any easier later, it just gets later 2008-02-14 13:17:00 War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it. Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and defeat. If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war. It is not popularity-seeking. War is, at best, barbarism. War is the remedy our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. There is many a young man here today who thinks that war is all glamour and glory; but let me tell you, boys, it is all Hell!"- General William T.Sherman."There are no spectator seats in an ambush." It is the only way I could psychologically justify many of my actions during war.-TimothyKendrickTo look back at our lives and try or discover why certain things happened can be what I call an enhancer. It expands my references and may exp Read more:later
PTSD a medical warning sign for long-term health problems 2008-02-13 07:56:00 The above book will assist any sufferer to take control of their life in some cases immediately DANVILLE, PA. – Geisinger research finds that veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are as likely to have long-term health problems
as people with chronic disease risk factors such as an elevated white blood cell counts and biological signs and symptoms. However, few healthcare providers screen for PTSD in the same way as they screen for other chronic disease risk factors.“Exposure to trauma has not only psychological effects, but can take a serious toll on a person’s health status and biological functions as well,” Geisinger Senior Investigator Joseph Boscarino, PhD, MPH says. “PTSD is a risk factor for disease that doctors should put on their radar screens.”F Read more:medical
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Things to remember 2008-02-05 08:00:00 Things to remember by Timothy KendrickAll wealth begins in the mind. Learn to like the difficult (surprises). When you were a child didn’t you like surprises?Learn to like the unusual.Learn to like the unknown.Be grateful. Wallace Wattles said “Many people order their lives rightly. In all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.” It’s impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have. WHY? Because the thoughts and feelings you emit are negative emotions and negative emotions block the good coming to you.Most of all DARE TO TAKE A CHANCE!!! Mistakes aren’t mistakes, they are education. It’s all how you are programmed to look at it. We are the source of all of our emotions. The body will always show what the mind i
It is important that your environment reinforces your identity! 2008-01-25 21:16:00 It is important that your environment reinforces your identity
!Take charge of your life, if you don’t there are several people and institutions that will do it for you. Conquer your fears and SET GOALS.Many people sleep through their life without a definite purpose. Setting goals plants seeds in your subconscious that will manifest regardless of what you consciously do. When you place goals into your subconscious they move you in the direction you want to go, sometimes effortlessly. Remember it is who you become on the journey. I have said before that “normal” is a setting on a washing machine. The “normal guy” goes nowhere and does nothing. Leaders are different from the group. You can’t be “normal” and be a leader. Be different from other people and you will go fa
Things I learned this year so far.. 2008-01-16 19:32:00 from best selling author Timothy Kendrick1. Quality questions create a quality life. Don’t ask “why” questions, ask “what” questions. Examples: What is most important to me in my life? What is most important to me in my relationships? What do I enjoy most in life? What is good about this situation? What is perfect about this situation? What can I do to contribute more tomorrow? Or Who do I love? Who loves me?2. It’s the moments of our lives that shape us.3. Expand your references and immediately expand your life (seek wisdom)4. As I developed new beliefs about who I am my behavior changed to support my new identity5. Make sure labels I put on myself or enhancers not limiters. (They must add to the good that is within me)6. There is no true succes
No title 2008-01-07 18:08:00 When is now a good time to start?The hero and the coward feel the same fear. The difference, the hero confronts his fear.Time is the only commodity that we all have the same amount of. If you run out of money or some other material substance you can always make more. Time on the other hand is gone forever. Live each moment as if it was your last, feel the bliss of knowing that you are living life to the fullest. Now take a moment or two and decide what it is you want. I will tell you from my own experience and that of Lincoln, Edison, Einstein, Ford, Sylvester Stallone and many others that MASSIVE REJECTION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS!!!Know what you want, Decide you are going to do it and be willing to stay “laser focused” until you get it. Former First Lady Barbara Bush says “Th
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